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Creating support models for participation in future work life project | The importance of international colaboration

The Create Future – Creating support models for participation in future work life -project is an Erasmus+ funded project which focuses on the creation of a diversity toolkit for employers, career guidance professionals and support workers to enable them to use the latest coaching models to support their clients and colleagues who may be facing a particular struggle or disadvantage. 

One of the main objectives at this project is to focus on international collaboration and how to take it into account in the project development process. We also strive to use design process methods in collaboration, placing emphasis on how to evolve end users in the project development work. For collaboration, the design process brings structure and supports it in the back round at various stages, such as problem definition, end-user involvement, and output formulation. 

In this project, our main target group is the support staff who work with people with special learning needs or double disadvantages.  The support for staff guide the above-mentioned persons in matters that are related to their need in help with housing, study, life management and employment. The aim is to achieve our project goals by involving end-users during the planning process, the main target group as well as the final beneficiaries, such as students and representatives of working life.


Learning, teaching, training event

Create Future – project organized a Learning, Teaching and Training (LTT) event through Teams for project partners. The aim was to find out the role of support services in promoting a person's education and employment opportunities, and to create a service portfolio suitable for different parties for this purpose.

At the joint planning LTT- days, we started to plan and describe the Service portfolio and things, which should be taken into account when making a portfolio, especially with people who need special support.


"Respectful encountering matters."

- Create Future - project partners


During the first two days of mutual workshops, we got to know each other and got an idea of ​​how each organization works. We found the unifying factor in us, a professional approach with our clients, a “respectful encountering matters”.


"As learning progresses, support should be reduced."

- Create Future - project partners


On the third day, there was a lot of discussion about coaching and mentoring students and other clients who need help making a personal portfolio. The instructor should be aware of the clients ’abilities and the proportion in which more challenge or support will be provided. Together we came to conclusion: “As learning progresses, support should be reduced”.

The Create future -projects LTT days took place at 29th and 30th of April and 15th of June in year 2021.

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